October 14, 2008

Fulbright & Jaworski 2008 Litigation Trends Survey Shows U.S. CompaniesPreparing For Rise In Litigation Following Two Years Of Declines; More Than One-third Of Corporate Counsel Expect Pace Of New Filings To Increase In Coming Year - 43% Of Billion-dollar Companies Forecasting Possible Litigation Uptick Amid Economic Slowdown. ; Marked Drop In New Cases And Regulatory Proceedings In Past Year - Including Fewer Suits With Claims Above $20 Million. Still Plenty Of Disputes To Go Around: 79% Of Companies Face At Least One New Action. Larger Companies Mean Bigger Dockets: 29% Of Billion-dollar Firms Served With More Than 50 New Lawsuits In 2007-08.; Contracts, Labor-employment/personal Injury Suits Remain Most Numerous; Businesses Report Spike In Workplace Actions - Wage & Hour, Ageism And Privacy; Insurers-financial Firms Feeling Early Brunt Of Subprime Actions.

By: Business Wire

Following two straight years of reporting declines in the number of new lawsuits and regulatory proceedings - including a drop in large-dollar cases - U.S. companies now anticipate an uptick in new actions and government probes,...

October 14, 2008

Directors Increasingly Focused On Enterprise Risk Management, According To PricewaterhouseCoopers/Corporate Board Member 2008 Survey; Strategy, Succession Planning And Recruitment Remain Top Priorities

By: PrimeNewswire

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the 7th Annual "What Directors Think" survey released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Corporate Board Member magazine, enterprise risk management is increasingly...

October 8, 2008

Examine IT Governance, Risk And Compliance Management In The Real World

By: Business Wire

Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ec0f56/it_governance_ris ) has announced the addition of the "IT Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in the Real World" report to their offering.

In recent...

October 1, 2008

Muslim Extremism In The Caribbean Basin: The Threat To The United States

By: Homeland Security International

Acts of terrorism occurring within the United States are not a new phenomenon, but they are not as prevalent as they have been in other countries. Since the 1990's the United States has experienced several major acts of both...

September 24, 2008

Accountability for Internal Risks

By: Eleanor Bloxham, CEO, The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance

Clearly, as they move forward boards will need to be more intelligent in their review of both internal as well as external risks. How to do this? A framework that recognizes their responsibilities to capital providers, customers,...

September 22, 2008

Climate Change: "The Trillion Dollar Wake Up Call"; New Report Spotlights How Tackling Climate Change Can Create Or Destroy Company Value

By: Business Wire

Tackling climate change can have a significant impact on company value in six sectors1 worth a total of $7 trillion, according to a new report by the Carbon Trust launched today: Climate Change: a business revolution?

This...

September 18, 2008

LIKELY VOTERS WANT FEDERAL PRODUCE SAFETY STANDARDS, DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT BROKEN SYSTEM

By: Produce Safety Project (PSP)

Mandatory, enforceable safeguards key to restore consumer confidence.Produce Safety Project (PSP).(WASHINGTON, DC) – Likely voters, by a 3-to-1 margin, want the federal government to establish new safety standards for the...

September 18, 2008

Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Risk Aversion At New High

By: Global English (Middle East and North Africa Financial Network)

(MENAFN Press) Expectations of a global economic recession have risen sharply, and risk aversion has reached a new high, according to Merrill Lynch's Survey of Fund Managers for September. Fear about the prospects of global...

September 12, 2008

American Society Of Safety Engineers Provide Hurricane Emergency Preparedness Information

By: Targeted News Service
Targeted News Service

The American Society of Safety Engineers issued the following news release:

In light of the impending strength of Hurricane Ike, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urges everyone in the affected areas to take steps...

September 12, 2008

New Survey By RevenueRecognition.com And IDC Finds 34% Of Companies At High Risk For Revenue Reporting Errors; Complex Business Models And Lack Of Automation Make Revenue Recognition Processes Vulnerable

By: Business Wire

A recent survey by RevenueRecognition.com and IDC of senior financial executives from 586 companies, found that companies rate revenue recognition accounting as having the greatest risk for errors and inaccuracies by a margin of...